AUGUSTA — A lawyer for a Maine home heating company that declared bankruptcy told people who paid for fuel they never received they can expect restitution, but exactly how much is up in the air. At a bankruptcy hearing on Tuesday, David Pinkham of Pinkham’s Corner Fuel in South China laid out his assets, including […]

LEBANON — The person responsible for jamming emergency radio transmissions in York County has apparently stopped, perhaps frightened by the possibility of a federal investigation. The assistant chief of Lebanon’s rescue department says the last interruption occurred April 22 when his transmissions were blocked as he responded to an emergency, delaying ambulance response. Jason Cole […]

PORTLAND — Workers in Portland, Maine, have had to take action after a pair of ospreys chose a bad location for a nest. City workers on Tuesday removed the osprey nest from the end of the so-called megaberth pier for large cruise ships at Ocean Gateway. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife advised […]

BANGOR — The sturm und drang of Beethoven matched the wet, gloomy weather that hung over the Bangor Waterfront on Wednesday night as the Trans-Siberian Orchestra brought its unique fusion of metal, prog rock and classical to the waterfront concert stage. It was the first concert of 2012 and it brought a technically advanced, dramatic […]

AUGUSTA — If the state’s Republican Party platform looks familiar, it’s no accident. As backers of longshot presidential candidate Ron Paul took over last weekend’s GOP convention, the delegates abandoned the proposed 2012 statement of party principles and adopted the same one that catered to tea party tastes two years ago. Ron Morrell, a GOP […]